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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1685: TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19 OF 1958; AND TO EXEMPT GROCERIES FROM STATE SALES AND USE TAXES.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1685 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19 OF 1958; AND TO EXEMPT GROCERIES FROM STATE SALES AND USE TAXES. Primary sponsor: Bart Hester (Republican), Kendon Underwood (Republican). It lists 39 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 39

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bart HesterPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Kendon UnderwoodPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Brandon AchorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Sonia BarkerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse96
Howard BeatyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Mary BentleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Harlan BreauxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Keith BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Matt BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Karilyn BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Alyssa BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Rebecca BurkesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Nick BurkesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
John CarrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Fran CavenaughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Cindy CrawfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Brian EvansCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Tony FurmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Jimmy GazawayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Justin GonzalesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Zack GramlichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
R.J. HawkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Steve HollowellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Wayne LongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Robin LundstrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Mindy McAlindonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10
Rick McClureCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
McCollumCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mark McElroyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Brit McKenzieCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Jeremiah MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Stetson PainterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Aaron PilkingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
David RayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Scott RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Jay RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Ryan RoseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Johnny RyeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Randy TorresCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
DeAnn VaughtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Jeremy WooldridgeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
  5. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  6. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2
  7. Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE
  8. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
  9. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
  10. Read the third time and passed.
  11. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  12. Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source